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Discerning Palates of the Past : an Ethnoarchaeological Study of Crop Cultivation and Plant Usage in India.
This book analyzes the agricultural and pastoral infrastructure of the Mature and Late Harappan cultures (ca. 2500-1700 BC) of northwest India. The economic role of drought-resistant millet crops is reconstructed using ethnographic studies of crop processing, palaeoethnobotany, and carbon isotope an...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Berghahn Books, Incorporated,
2003.
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| Series: | International Monographs in Prehistory: Ethnoarchaeology Ser.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Discerning Palates of the Past; Copyright; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Plants, Past and Present; Chapter 2. Archaeological Context and the Scope of Inquiry; Chapter 3. The Living Past; Chapter 4. The Search for Patterns; Chapter 5. Going Beyond Carbonized Seed Lists; Chapter 6. If the Threshing Floor Could Talk; Chapter 7. Modeling Animal Diet and Fodder Acquisition; Chapter 8. Conclusion; Glossary; References